6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Choose one or more strategies to solve each problem.

10. Iris wrote this riddle: “I am a number that is
    exactly four times the number of fluid
    ounces in a cup. What number am I?”


11. James thinks of a number. Sarah asks, “Are
    there any even digits? Is the number greater
    than 50? Is it divisible by 3? Is it less than 36?”
    James answers “no” to each of her questions.
    What number is he thinking of?


12. Edna has a favorite two-digit number. The
    sum of the digits is 9. The difference
    between the digits is 1. What are the two
    possibilities for Edna’s favorite number?


13. The Math Club newsletter is twice as long as the
    French Club newsletter, which is one third as long
    as the Science Club newsletter. The Science Club newsletter
    is 6 pages long. How long is the Math Club newsletter?


14. The width of a rectangle is wand its length is 4 more
    than twice its width, or 2w
    4. Ann writes the perimeter
    as (w
    2 w
    4)
    (w
    2 w
    4). Is Ann correct?
    Give three different values for w, 2w
    4, and the perimeter.

15.Andrew plotted point Kon a coordinate grid at

(3, 
1). From point K, he went right 8 units to plot point L.

From point L, he went up 2 units and left 2 units to

plot point M. From point M, he went left 4 units to plot

point N. He then connected the points to form a figure.

What are the coordinates of each point? What figure

did Andrew form? What is the area of the figure?

16.Use x, y,and zto represent students who play baseball,

basketball, and soccer. Make up a problem modeled on

problem 15. Write and solve the equation.

Use These Strategies

Write an Equation

Guess and Test

More Than One Solution

Logical Reasoning

Use More Than One Step

Use More Than One Strategy

Make a Graph

8206-2_516-517 3/23/06 4:50 AM Page 517